Treatment Plan Specific Bite Adjustment Structures

1. A system, comprising: a first appliance of a series of appliances to incrementally implement a treatment plan for a patient having a first jaw and a second jaw, comprising a first shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw and being for a first stage of the treatment plan; a first plurality of bite adjustment structures formed of a same material as the first shell and extending from the first shell each respective bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures having an edge where the each respective bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures meets the respective tooth receiving cavity, the edge of each respective first bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures being located at first distances from an incisal surface of the respective cavity, and a respective first planar surface thereby allowing a respective contacting tooth of a second jaw to slide along the respective planar surface; a second appliance of the series of appliances for a second stage of the treatment plan, comprising a second shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw; and a second plurality of bite adjustment structures formed of a same material as the second shell and extending from the second shell, each respective bite adjustment structure of the second plurality of bite adjustment structures having an edge where the each respective bite adjustment structure of the second plurality of bite adjustment structures meets the respective tooth receiving cavity, the edge of each respective second bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures being located at second distances from an incisal surface of the respective cavity, and a respective second planar surface thereby allowing a respective contacting tooth of a second jaw to slide along the respective planar surface.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first distances are based on an interface with the respective contacting tooth of the second jaw when the first appliance is worn and the first and second jaws are in occlusion.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the series of appliances includes a third appliance comprising a third shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the second jaw for the first stage of the treatment plan.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the third appliance includes a third bite adjustment structure with an edge formed of a same material as the third she and extending therefrom and interfaces with teeth of the first jaw, and wherein the third bite adjustment structure has a shape and a location specific to the first stage of the treatment plan.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second plurality of bite adjustment structures extends from respective cavities of the respective shells that receive anterior teeth.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the second distances are closer to an incisal surface of the respective cavities than the first distances of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of bite adjustment structures extend from a plurality of cavities of the first shell that receive anterior teeth, and wherein the first plurality of bite adjustment structures provide a disocclusion between the first jaw and the second jaw when the first appliance is worn by the patient.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the series of appliances includes: a third appliance comprising a third shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw and having a geometry shaped to reposition the teeth of the first jaw, wherein the third appliance does not include a bite adjustment structure with an edge formed of a same material as the third shell.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the series of appliances includes: a third appliance comprising a third shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw; a third plurality of bite adjustment structures formed of a same material as the third shell and extending therefrom, each respective third bite adjustment structure of the third plurality of bite adjustment structures having an edge where the each respective bite adjustment structure of the third plurality of bite adjustment structures meets the respective tooth receiving cavity, the edge being located at third distances from an incisal surface of the respective cavity, the third distances being closer to the respective incisal surfaces of the respective cavities than the first and second distances.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures is configured to have a first shape and a second bite adjustment structure of the second plurality of bite adjustment structures is configured to have the first shape.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein one of a mesial-distal width or a facial-lingual length of a first bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures is different than a mesial-distal width or a facial-lingual length of a second bite adjustment structure of the first plurality of bite adjustment structures.

12. A system, comprising: a first appliance of a series of appliances to incrementally implement a treatment plan for a patient having a first jaw and a second jaw and comprising a first shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw in a first stage of the treatment plan; a first bite adjustment structure formed of a same material as the first shell, extending from a first cavity of the first shell at a first edge where the first bite adjustment structure meets the first tooth receiving cavity, the first edge being located a first distance from an incisal surface of the first cavity, and including a first planar surface to interface with a first tooth of the second jaw to provide a disocclusion between the first jaw and the second jaw; a second appliance of the series of appliances, comprising a second shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw in a second stage of the treatment plan; and a second bite adjustment structure formed of a same material as the second shell, extending from a second cavity of the second shell at a second edge where the second bite adjustment structure meets the second tooth receiving cavity, the second edge being located a second distance from an incisal surface of the second cavity, the first distance different than the second distance, the second distance specific to the second stage of the treatment plan, and including a second planar surface designed to interface with the first tooth of the second jaw.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first distance is based on an interface with the first tooth of the second jaw when the first appliance is worn and the first and second jaws are in occlusion.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first and second bite adjustment structures extend from a cavity of one of the first and second shells that receive an anterior tooth.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the second distance of the second bite adjustment structure with respect to the cavity of the second shell is closer to an incisal surface of the cavity than the first bite adjustment structures.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the series of appliances includes: a third appliance of the series of appliances, comprising a third shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw in a third stage of the treatment plan; a third bite adjustment structure formed of a same material as the third shell, extending from a cavity of the third shell at a third edge where the third adjustment structure meets the third tooth receiving cavity, the third edge being located a third distance from an incisal surface of the third cavity, the third location specific to the third stage of the treatment plan and designed to interface with the first tooth of the second jaw.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the second bite adjustment structure is configured to provide a disocclusion between the first jaw and the second jaw when the second appliance is worn by the patient.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first bite adjustment structure is configured to have a first shape and the second bite adjust structure is configured to have the first shape.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein one of a mesial-distal width or a facial-lingual length of the first bite adjustment structure is different than a mesial-distal width or a facial-lingual length of the second bite adjustment structure.

20. A system, comprising: a first series of appliances to incrementally implement stages of a treatment plan for a patient having a first jaw and a second jaw, each of the series of appliances comprising a shell having a plurality of cavities therein to receive teeth of the first jaw; wherein a plurality of the series of appliances include a respective bite adjustment structure formed of a same material as a respective shell and extending from a respective first cavity of the respective shell, each respective bite adjustment structure having an edge where the bite adjustment structure meets the tooth receiving cavity, the edge being located at a distance from an incisal surface of the respective first cavity and having a first planar surface to contact a tooth of a second jaw; and wherein the distance changes for the plurality of the series of appliances.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the stages of the treatment plan repositions teeth of the patient from a first arrangement towards a final arrangement and the distance of the respective bite adjustment structures with respect to the incisal surface of the respective first cavities decreases for progressive stages of the treatment plan.

22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the distance is based on an interface with the tooth of the second jaw when the respective of the first series of appliances is worn and the first and second jaws are in occlusion.

23. The system of claim 20 , further comprising a second series of appliances to receive teeth of the second jaw.

24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the first planar surface contacts incisal surfaces of the second series of appliances.

25. The system of claim 20 , wherein the first bite adjustment structure is configured to have a first shape and the second bite adjust structure is configured to have the first shape.

26. The system of claim 20 , wherein one of a mesial-distal width or a facial-lingual length of the first bite adjustment structure is different than a mesial-distal width or a facial-lingual length of the second bite adjustment structure.